anime: Rose of Versailles eps 22-40 (end)
Mar. 4th, 2010 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmooreI had intended to break the second half up and space it out, but ended up bulldozing through it. It’s easy to see why these parts are what made it such a classic, though I ended up rather missing the garish “impact” moments and lightning strikes once they were gone.
I was disappointed by the relative lack of Rosalie and Marie Antoinette in the second half, though. Rosalie more than Antoinette, as Antoinette at least had to be kept where history had her, which isn’t where Oscar always was. But if Rosalie isn’t going to be having adventures with Oscar and Andre, then she should be juggling politics or something, not near-living on the streets like a virtuous Madonna, and then apparently being a good little housewife. (Note: The Rebel Adventures of Bernard and Rosalie are also acceptable.)
It’s probably noteworthy that Andre’s attack on Oscar didn’t make me start hating him, as is usually the case. But then, I don’t think sex or the oft-used “what’s denied to me” bit were on his mind so much as he was trying to get her attention and get her to pay attention to what he was saying about how he felt. Not that I’m particularly comfortable with it even then, and it took a lot of chanting “Made in the 1970s about the 18th century. Made in the 1970s about the 18th century. Made in the 1970s about the 18th century.” to reach that point. It helps that he actually seemed more affected by it than she was.
Also, I’m glad the series didn’t really take a side regarding the French Revolution. I was kind of dreading that it would.
I was disappointed by the relative lack of Rosalie and Marie Antoinette in the second half, though. Rosalie more than Antoinette, as Antoinette at least had to be kept where history had her, which isn’t where Oscar always was. But if Rosalie isn’t going to be having adventures with Oscar and Andre, then she should be juggling politics or something, not near-living on the streets like a virtuous Madonna, and then apparently being a good little housewife. (Note: The Rebel Adventures of Bernard and Rosalie are also acceptable.)
It’s probably noteworthy that Andre’s attack on Oscar didn’t make me start hating him, as is usually the case. But then, I don’t think sex or the oft-used “what’s denied to me” bit were on his mind so much as he was trying to get her attention and get her to pay attention to what he was saying about how he felt. Not that I’m particularly comfortable with it even then, and it took a lot of chanting “Made in the 1970s about the 18th century. Made in the 1970s about the 18th century. Made in the 1970s about the 18th century.” to reach that point. It helps that he actually seemed more affected by it than she was.
Also, I’m glad the series didn’t really take a side regarding the French Revolution. I was kind of dreading that it would.